The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warm-heartedness.

In the moment of anger, abandon anger but not the person. In the moment of attachment, abandon attachment but not the person.

The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness.

Freedom is not found in the absence of difficulty, but in our relationship to it.

Insight knowledge comes from direct experience, not from intellectual understanding.

The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?

Your own treasure house contains everything you need; why search outside?

Faith is the firm foundation, diligence the supporting pillar, and wisdom the roof of the house of practice.

The yogi's joy is in the solitude of mountains, where all distractions naturally dissolve into emptiness.

When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength.

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.

Just to be alive is enough.

The true path is not difficult; just avoid picking and choosing.

Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what's happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what's happening.

Dependent origination is not a theory about the origin of the world but a teaching that shows how suffering originates in dependence on our own mental processes.

In Zen there must be satori; there must be a general mental upheaval which destroys the old accumulations of intellection and lays down the foundation for a new life.

The mind is intrinsically empty. It's empty of all that we perceive as being intrinsically "me" and "mine."

Those who cling to perceptions and views wander the world offending people.

Wisdom is not something we have to strive to acquire. Rather, wisdom arises naturally as we open our hearts to the truth of what is.

Concentration and insight are like two wings of a bird: both are necessary for the flight to liberation.

The essence of Buddhist practice is to reduce our selfishness and to work for the benefit of others.

Meditation is not about escaping from difficulty but about meeting it with awareness.

Our own life has to be our message.

The measure of success in spiritual life is how peaceful you are.

Those who know emptiness, know impermanence. Those who know impermanence, know non-self. Those who know non-self, know peace.

The ultimate source of a happy life is warm-heartedness. This means extending to others the kind of concern we have for ourselves.

The grass is greener where you water it.

All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births in death.

The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else's highlight reel.

The goal of meditation is not to reach some highest place, but to remain in the place where you already are.

Love is not a feeling. It's a capability.

The superior person is like water, bringing benefit to all without competing.

The practice of mindfulness leads naturally to concentration. Concentration leads naturally to wisdom.